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The Boeing Uninterruptible Autopilot is a system designed to take control of a commercial aircraft away from the pilot or flight crew in the event of a hijacking. If implemented, the system would allow the craft to automatically guide itself to a landing at a designated airstrip.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Diagrams: Boeing patents anti-terrorism auto-land system for hijacked airliners )〕 The “uninterruptible” autopilot would be activated either by pilots, by onboard sensors, or remotely via radio or satellite links by government agencies, if terrorists attempt to gain control of a flight deck. 〔 Both Boeing and Honeywell have contributed significantly to the introduction of digital autopilot technology into the civil aviation sector. A patent for the system was awarded to Boeing in 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Boeing wins patent on uninterruptible autopilot system )〕 Honeywell has also been developing a system with Airbus, and a prototype has been tested on small aircraft. In 2013, a 16-seater Jetstream airliner became the first passenger plane to fly unmanned across UK civilian airspace. However, Britain's Civil Aviation Authority says there is no remote control system currently available that could cope with navigating the country's crowded skies. According to a spokesman, "There are companies working on it, but the technology doesn't exist in a practical or useable form yet".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Why can't airlines seize control of doomed jets from the ground? )〕 There have been claims that the technology has been secretly fitted to some commercial airliners. A former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad, has suggested that the use of such technology was implicated in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MH370: Four conspiracy theories that almost got away with it - Features - The Star Online )〕 Dr Mahathir claimed that Boeing, the plane's maker, and "certain" government agencies, have the ability to remotely take over control of commercial airliners such as the missing Boeing 777.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CIA withholding information on flight MH370, says former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Former Leader Says CIA in MH370 Cover Up )〕 A former commercial airline pilot has claimed that the technology was associated with the loss of Germanwings Flight 9525.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Germanwings Crash: Claims of Co-Pilot ‘Suicide Rehearsal’ More Fantasy Than Fact )〕 According to Bob Mann, of R.W. Mann & Co., a New York-based airline industry and consulting firm, there is no evidence that the Boeing Uninterruptible Autopilot has ever been used in a commercial airliner.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=This is the biggest factor keeping planes from fully flying themselves )〕 Safety concerns, including the possibility that such a system could be hacked, have prevented its roll-out. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Germanwings: Crash leaves many unanswered questions )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boeing Honeywell Uninterruptible Autopilot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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